Wednesday 3 February 2021

Covid-19: Is the Voice of Dissent Getting Louder?

 

Covid-19: Is the Voice of Dissent Getting Louder?

 

While politicians trample all over their own guidelines, leaving the public to wonder at believing in the lockdown rules and Black Lives Matter protests flouting social distancing in great numbers, it is not surprising that people are getting angry and frustrated. A peer on my counselling course informed me that when Arsenal lost their match, they also lost sight of social distancing and players were hugging each other. Yet we have been told only groups of six from different households can mix together and social distancing should still be observed. It appears the guidelines alter according to different sets of people.

And so people are starting to question: is this virus a real threat? Has this pandemic and all its massive ramifications actually been a false alarm?

Have we been lied to by the Government?

While Boris Johnson refers to Covid-19 as the ‘Deadly Plague’, Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer reassures the illness is mild for the healthy, if symptomatic at all.

And what has been the results of the lockdown?

Distrust within society. Snitch lines. Isolation of the elderly. An emerging police state.  Loss of livelihoods. Depression and suicide. Dependency on state for survival. Poverty. Excess deaths (not Covid deaths) due to being deprived of treatment. And what this time last year most citizens of the UK could never have predicted; voluntary incarceration.

But if we start at the very beginning, which is a very good place to start, the focus needs to be on Imperial College in London from which the rule breaker Neil Ferguson with his infamous mathematical model emerges (which was never peer reviewed). Neil Ferguson isn’t just known for indulging in a bit of one sided wife swapping. He is also notorious for talking about animals but he is definitely no Dr Dolittle for an estimated twelve million animals were slaughtered as a result of his prediction that up to 150,000 people could die of foot and mouth disease in 2001. There were, in fact, fewer than 200 deaths. His other accolades include predicting that up to 150,000 people would die of ‘Mad Cow Disease’ but since 1990, only 178 people in the UK have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Then there was his 200 million people would be killed by bird flu claim in 2005. WHO said there were 78 deaths attributed to this illness. And swine flu which claimed the lives of 457 people in the UK but the soothsayer of death reckoned the demise rate to be closer to 65,000 people.

But this can’t only be about Neil Ferguson and his unreliable deadly predictions. Or can it? Why did the Government rely on his current model that predicted half a million deaths in the UK of Covid-19? Especially after his dark crystal ball failings of the past.

Bring in Bill Gates and let’s follow the money (hint: there is a lot of it).

Neil Ferguson is the Acting Consortium Director of Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium (VIMC) based at Imperial College, London and VIMC is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance.

If you haven’t quite felt that needle yet, the Gates foundation has also sponsored Imperial College with $185 million.

Could there be a conflict of interest here with a powerful pharmaceutical agenda? The global vaccination market is set to make $59.2 billion; vaccines are a significant source of income.

With the Government also invested in GAVI, have they been protecting our health or protecting their own interest?

Doctors, scientists and other experts have come forward to affirm that the government’s response to the virus is out of proportion to the threat but many have been censored on platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.

 A forensic doctor  made it clear that there is no ‘killer’ virus and that the fatalities he examined in connection with the virus all had previous illnesses. Prof Knut Wittkowski is a German-American researcher and professor of epidemiology. He worked for 15 on the Epidemiology of HIV before heading for 20 years the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design at The Rockefeller University, New York. He says; 'With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity. About 80% of the people need to have had contact with the virus, and the majority of them won’t even have recognized that they were infected, or they had very, very mild symptoms, especially if they are children. So, it’s very important to keep the schools open and kids mingling to spread the virus to get herd immunity as fast as possible.
We are experiencing all sorts of counterproductive consequences of not well-thought-through policy
I have been an epidemiologist for 35 years, and I have been modeling epidemics for 35 years. It’s a pleasure to have the ability to help people to understand,
but it’s a struggle to get heard.'

Then we have the manipulation of statistics. Just how many people have died of Covid-19 really? Professor Karol Sikora, a senior oncologist, has said that doctors have been putting Covid-19 on death certificates without proof. He proposed that the Government actually have no idea of how many deaths are caused by the virus.

CDC published a report, offering a real estimate of the overall death rate for covid-19 and the number is 0.26% whereas World Health Organisation spiked the fear with a death rate of 3.4%.

So why have we had to endure such a harsh lockdown with major consequences when the CDC have estimated the death rate for people under the age of 50 years to be 1 in 5000 for those with symptoms? And almost all of the individuals who do die have underlying conditions or other illnesses. In fact, people who are healthy are more likely to die in a car accident than Covid-19 (at least in America). Meanwhile, children are more likely to get struck by lightning than to die of the virus. And this also shows that Sweden had the lowest infection rate among children (and they kept their schools open).

Added to this is the unprofessional reporting of much of the media in which to incite panic and fear. From exaggerated claims to embroidered case fatality rates and the consequent impact of the lockdown. Therefore, not only have statistics been manipulated, so have the public. This is from a paper prepared by SAGE’s behavioural science sub-group SPI-B  “The perceived level of personal threat needs to be increased among those who are complacent, using hard-hitting emotional messaging. To be effective this must also empower people by making clear the actions they can take to reduce the threat (11).” The German Interior Ministry accidentally released a document that said the reaction to the virus was exaggerated, that the danger was no greater than for other viruses and that more people are dying due to the lockdown than covid-19 (600 physicians sent a letter to President Trump announcing the lockdowns to be a ‘mass casualty incident’). This is then confirmed by abundant serological studies that suggest the infection rate is similar to that of the flu.

With all this information available; is the voice of dissent getting louder? Are people becoming resistant to the spoon fed narrative?

It might be emerging that thousands of lives have been lost, an economy decimated and a world divided due to an inflated lie.

Conspiracy thinking or critical thinking?

How about truth…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 26 April 2017

Sorry for the Solitude

You’d be forgiven for thinking loneliness is only about being alone, away from social gatherings and isolated from human contact. Loneliness is more about a state of mind which causes people to feel empty and even unwanted and with the advent of the internet and cyber relationships, the breakdown of many traditional families and communities and a population that is aging, it appears to be on the increase.
People who are lonely want to connect with others because when you think about this is in an evolutionary way; we have been designed with others in mind. We need people in our life to survive and always have done; as babies we depended on our caregivers for our very survival and many would argue that we are a sociable species.
Of course it can be said that virtual relationships formed online may well become healthy real-life relationships but the actual concern is the computer becoming a replacement for genuine face to face interaction. Ask yourself; do you spend more time communicating with your friends and family online than actually seeing them? It is too easy to become swept away by the ease and convenience of facebook and twitter to communicate but this only aids social anxiety and awkwardness when the time comes for actual physical contact. Kuldeep Brar, a relationship consultant (www.lovephool.com) says that the importance of face to face contact is poorly appreciated and that the world of social media networking and online dating can exacerbate the effects of loneliness. She insists that while healthy relationships are obviously good for you, it is somewhat surprising to note that the negative impact of loneliness is greater than the damage caused by remaining in an unhealthy relationship. This demonstrates how big a problem loneliness is.
Experts may say we are too gregarious to live solitary lives and need a healthy support network to survive but how do you pluck up the courage to join that new Zumba group in town or the creative writing evening class? Who do you phone for a chat when your close friends are with their families? And what can you do on a Sunday afternoon when couples are all around you and families are out in force; all serving to remind you of your loneliness?
If you haven’t been out and about for a while and are concerned that you simply won’t know how to communicate, start small and work up. Dr Sandra Wheatley, psychologist and author and expert on helping new mums overcome postnatal depression (www.potent.uk.com) insists the first step is to get used to being around people. Just dip your toe in the water, visit a cafe and speak to a couple of people in passing. This will help to develop your confidence and enable you to feel part of a community.
Let’s say you have visited your library and found an evening class you’d like to attend; something you’d really enjoy where you are likely to meet like-minded people. A great way to start new friendships. How do you find the courage to walk into a new group on your own? Even harder if the members already know each other...
Richard Reid, cognitive behaviour therapist and counselling psychotherapist (www.pinnacletherapy.co.uk) suggests entering the new group as if it is your party and the other people are your guests. The idea is to put the emphasis on the other person and to develop good listening skills. Getting people to talk about themselves when you meet them for the first time takes the pressure off you. Rebeckah Fensome, a respected life coach (www.rebekahfensomelifecoach.com) agrees and recommends taking a bag of topics to talk about. Preparation is the key but if you find your courage wavering consider imagining what is known as a confidence circle. Look back to your past and recall an occasion when you felt really confident and remember what colour you were wearing at the time, what was happening around you and draw a circle on the floor in front of you in your mind and step into it. Intensify the experience in your mind and keep stepping into your circle; this will create an anchor within your circle so that wherever you are you can imagine stepping into it and recreating that wonderful, confident feeling again. Visualisation can also help; imagining how you would like to act; positive, confident and happy before you go to your new group can act like a memory as if you’ve done it all before.
Dr Rick Norris, author of ‘Think Yourself Happy’ and with a website designed to offer ‘self help’ solutions to those experiencing stress and anxiety (www.mindhealthdevelopment.co.uk) offers a reminder that you won’t be the only one experiencing social anxiety as it is a fairly common phenomena in our present society and suggests focusing more on your own behaviour, avoiding contentious issues when striking up a conversation and smiling; a very influential tool in your armoury for overcoming social awkwardness! He additionally recommends altruism; doing a kind act for others. This could be voluntary work or simply offering to help a friend or neighbour. Not only can this help you to feel better about yourself, it has the additional reward of increasing your sociability. The same can be applied to hobbies; do things you like doing and if it leads to meeting new people, that is certainly a bonus. Adult education classes are an excellent way of not only improving your mind and confidence but also increasing your chance of finding friendships.
Sue Firth, author of ‘More Life-Less Stress’ (www.suefirthltd.com) suggests that a good way to lower anxiety levels when out and about on your own is to take a book with you. This breaks down your shyness and self consciousness. She also suggests encouraging a friend to join you at that Salsa class you’ve been longing to join. The more positive you are about joining such a group, the more your friend will feel enthusiastic about going. Think about all you have achieved in getting out there, rather than criticising what you haven’t managed to do just yet.
Confidence is all about self belief and feeling worthy. Sharon Stiles, hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner (www.mindblockssorted.com) insists that when you join a new group, it isn’t always necessary to say something just for the sake of saying it. You can develop quiet confidence by making a note of all the things that you can do, what you like to do and your skills and this can help to build yourself up in your eyes.
If you do live alone, loneliness may be something you encounter regularly but it is important to remember that it is a way of developing bravery; to have the courage to do things which if you were living with someone or others, you might not otherwise do. Anni Townend, Leadership Consultant and Coach, author of ‘Assertiveness and Diversity’ (www.annitownend.com) says it is important to grow your own support network and to always keep in touch with people that you care about but to also see living alone as an opportunity to really branch out and have the freedom to do things without restraint...
Don’t forget to ponder over the fun hobbies and pastimes you may not have considered before. If keeping fit and jogging is your bag, advertise for a running partner. Perhaps you could start a local cheerleading group to help your local football team or maybe you’d like to go rafting or cave diving. Possibly you could become a befriender for the elderly in your community or you would like to get a team together to go ghost hunting. Whatever floats your boat, make today the day you find out how to achieve it.
As Dr Rick Norris says; take pleasure in every little thing you can and use all your senses to enjoy life and nature. You have to make a conscious effort to notice the beauty around you to then to be able to share it with others.
After all Dr Sandra Wheatley insists that if you smile, the world smiles with you.
And this is the sure-fire way to banish loneliness for good...



Monday 30 January 2017

School of Light

School of Light

 



Do you wish for someone to turn to, like a friend, when life gets too much?

Have you found that your mental and emotional health is not being supported adequately in the community?

Do you feel lonely, isolated, anxious, depressed?

Perhaps you are stressed and upset, have relationship difficulties, employment pressures...

Maybe life just simply isn’t how you’d like it to be

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Tuesday 3 February 2015

Just Good Friends





                                                           
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